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It seems like (despite being well written and having great sources/references etc which are a thing i do not do well enough myself; i don't want to step on any toes!, these pages don't seem to have too much information/depth to them
All in all i just wanted to make sure that video's existence was documented on-here somewhere (not as a primary source obviously, but a primer of sorts), and propose that this be something me and others "dive into" editing about sometime, given that it seems there isn't too much information about it on-wiki (although there may not be much information in existing literature i guess as well, but only one way to find out!)
Both the delousing shampoo and the body liquid soap uses kerosene. I’m assuming this use is similar to the current use of coal tar in delousing shampoos. An explanatory note could help show that it was, by then, believe to be a useful delousing agent.
Useful references are:
https://mednexus.org/doi/pdf/10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.1924.04.116 This 1924 article comments on the unsatisfactory usefulness of kerosene, but also gives insights into similar practices in Shanghai — in a humanitarian context, no less. More importantly, it cites earlier sources that praises kerosene as a quick lice-killing agent.
there’s also a 1990 news article from Utah about a burn accident from kerosene shower fumes. The concerns are very founded!
(about the "similar practices": border showers deserve its own article. As far as I can tell it happened not just in the US-Mex border, but also in Israel with Jews arriving from Iraq — with DDT, which at least doesn’t burn.) Artoria2e5🌉 13:01, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Aha, Eric Lotze also asked for a broader article on the border practice. Maybe it really needs to be written! Artoria2e5🌉 13:03, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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